Thursday, September 21, 2017

Heavy Metal Be-Bop #13: Matt Mitchell

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I'm proud to announce the arrival of Heavy Metal Be-Bop #13 ! This is the first new installment of HMB — for those just tuning in, my in...
Sunday, September 03, 2017

Creature of the margins: Goodbye, Walter Becker

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RIP, Walter Becker. Via Rolling Stone , a quick rundown of 10 essential Steely Dan songs . [Update: 9/13/17] And a roundtabl...
Thursday, August 24, 2017

The Vijay Iyer / Steve Lehman / Tyshawn Sorey saga: 'Far From Over,' indeed

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Photo: Lynne Harty The new Vijay Iyer Sextet album feels both like an arrival point (i.e., a summit-like convergence of...
Wednesday, August 09, 2017

The gift of rock and roll: Making sense of Deep Purple's messy half-century sprawl

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"We're gonna give you some rock and roll," David Coverdale says calmly at the outset of the live Deep Purple release Graz 1975...
Friday, July 21, 2017

Infinity again: On Fushitsusha's radical songmaking

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It is very possible that tonight's Fushitsusha performance at Pioneer Works — co-presented by Blank Forms, and part of a highly impr...
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Aiming for forever: Krisiun's steady climb to greatness in the face of Metal Myopia

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Note: The following post is presented with gratitude to the great Bill Ward, who included Krisiun's Southern Storm among h...
Thursday, June 22, 2017

Heavy metal reckoning

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Update [6/30/17]: I also participated in a podcast discussion of the RS metal list, with my colleagues Kory Grow, Brian Hiatt and Brittan...
Wednesday, June 07, 2017

The wandering healer: Peter Brötzmann live with Heather Leigh

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Peter Brötzmann and Heather Leigh at Issue Project Room / June 7, 2017 It seems a little strange to say it, given the ...
Thursday, May 18, 2017

My classic rock: Goodbye, Chris Cornell

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This song was already too much, but with today's news it feels even more so. How bittersweet to find, via my colleague Alexis Sottil...
Wednesday, May 03, 2017

Sweden, pt. 2: Artisanal death metal, reverent neo–hard rock and everything in between

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"You can laugh at me but don't you ever make jokes about heavy metal. It's my religion." — Peter Stjärnvind So this Sw...